I thoiught NZ looked a tad like Dorking on the A road from Auckland to Wellington. It was the Geysers and mud pools at Rotura that gave the game away.JayK wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 12:57 pmNew Zealand more beautiful. Got sun, snow, scenery, friendliest people I’ve ever met and they got hot girls too. NZ wins hands down for me over anywheremkhammer wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 12:38 pm Yeah would love some sun...time chilling out drinking on a beach full of hot girls...and would maybe go cos of that,
not because I hate this Country.. I love it and it's people..Always have,Always will.
My dream at moment is to be able to go to Scotland,fuck about in the snow,trying to hack up a few mountains.
UK is probably the most beautiful country in the world.. (is IMO).....shame some don't see it..
Also have the most generous and kindest people..across all ethnicities around.
Can't blame the UK cos of the few Arseholes we have among us.
I can’t argue with that. The drive from Rotorua not the most amazing except when driving past the giant lake (Lake Tepau I think). Also the drive from Christchurch to Queenstown is similar and both pretty long too. Much nicer than the M1 or M6 though. As food goes, best place I went was probably Barbados purely due to such a lovely selection of fish you don’t get fresh over here.....and then there’s the rumBlackDiamond wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 2:17 pmI thoiught NZ looked a tad like Dorking on the A road from Auckland to Wellington. It was the Geysers and mud pools at Rotura that gave the game away.
And the lovely lamb chops were a delight. A bit tiny, not like the double Barnsley chops however if you order two racks that is just about adequate. You don't often find mint sauce and creamy mashed potato abroad and usually I would be judging a country by it's cuisine - but you have to get your kicks where you can find them these days...
We've been to Lanzarote, Fuertaventura and Tenerife, but never to Gran Canaria. In part because we have ben told that is where most of the UK chav set tend to go in the Canaries. We usually go with one of my boys and their families so we like to go someplace where there are plenty of activities for the youngsters. Sounds like La Palma might be a decent place for Mrs W and I to go if we wanted a break on our own.BillyDWhizz wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 1:59 pmOur days of Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Lanzarote are done but we went to the island of La Palma end of 2019 and fell in love with it. Cracking little place and the hotel we were at was fantastic. Not much in the way of accessible beaches as the whole place is basically a volcano but the hotel had like 7 huge pools and even a faux beach so that wasn't an issue.
No British pubs and pissed up chavs either, so that was a plus.
Nah you'll never beat the west coast of Jockland for beauty Jay...Stunning....Funny thing,rest of the world know about it,JayK wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 12:57 pmNew Zealand more beautiful. Got sun, snow, scenery, friendliest people I’ve ever met and they got hot girls too. NZ wins hands down for me over anywheremkhammer wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 12:38 pm Yeah would love some sun...time chilling out drinking on a beach full of hot girls...and would maybe go cos of that,
not because I hate this Country.. I love it and it's people..Always have,Always will.
My dream at moment is to be able to go to Scotland,fuck about in the snow,trying to hack up a few mountains.
UK is probably the most beautiful country in the world.. (is IMO).....shame some don't see it..
Also have the most generous and kindest people..across all ethnicities around.
Can't blame the UK cos of the few Arseholes we have among us.
West coast of the South Island is pretty stunning too. Driving around by the glaciers and the coast is beautiful, and weather is better than jockland. I admit I’ve not been west coast of jockland except Ayr and Kilmarnock way so can’t personally compare the 2. And I feckin hate midges. So my mind hasn’t been changed . Also there is a chance of seeing Orca down there which I’d love to see in the wildmkhammer wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 3:10 pmNah you'll never beat the west coast of Jockland for beauty Jay...Stunning....Funny thing,rest of the world know about it,
Brits dont.....Crazy.
But...It's the weather,not for families...and when the Midges start hunting for English Blood.time to take cover...literally...
New Zealands beautiful no doubt..same as Canada,love it where you have mountains by the coast..JayK wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 3:17 pmWest coast of the South Island is pretty stunning too. Driving around by the glaciers and the coast is beautiful, and weather is better than jockland. I admit I’ve not been west coast of jockland except Ayr and Kilmarnock way so can’t personally compare the 2. And I feckin hate midges. So my mind hasn’t been changed . Also there is a chance of seeing Orca down there which I’d love to see in the wildmkhammer wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 3:10 pm
Nah you'll never beat the west coast of Jockland for beauty Jay...Stunning....Funny thing,rest of the world know about it,
Brits dont.....Crazy.
But...It's the weather,not for families...and when the Midges start hunting for English Blood.time to take cover...literally...
Not seen enough of Canada. Only Toronto and Niagra. Would love to do the Rocky mountaineer one time but gotta save quite a few pennies for that bad boy.mkhammer wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 3:41 pmNew Zealands beautiful no doubt..same as Canada,love it where you have mountains by the coast..JayK wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 3:17 pm
West coast of the South Island is pretty stunning too. Driving around by the glaciers and the coast is beautiful, and weather is better than jockland. I admit I’ve not been west coast of jockland except Ayr and Kilmarnock way so can’t personally compare the 2. And I feckin hate midges. So my mind hasn’t been changed . Also there is a chance of seeing Orca down there which I’d love to see in the wild
Gotta keep yer wits about you in Ayr.......go up there for Gold cup sometimes (horseracing)....Glasgow Mafia,and all
their hanger ons take over ...good crack nonetheless tho.
Yeah until somebody else backed itJayK wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 3:57 pmNot seen enough of Canada. Only Toronto and Niagra. Would love to do the Rocky mountaineer one time but gotta save quite a few pennies for that bad boy.mkhammer wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 3:41 pm
New Zealands beautiful no doubt..same as Canada,love it where you have mountains by the coast..
Gotta keep yer wits about you in Ayr.......go up there for Gold cup sometimes (horseracing)....Glasgow Mafia,and all
their hanger ons take over ...good crack nonetheless tho.
I wasn’t in Ayr long enough to worry about anything but it looked grubby.
There was a horse I kept backing, loved Ayr. Was called JayK. 7/8f hobby. Great nag for place money
I'd highly recommend it if you want to go to the Canaries and avoid the hustle and bustle of the main islands. Weather when we went oct/nov was clear and in the 30s but that was due in part to a hot wind blowing from the Sahara, normally it's like mid to high 20s - plenty warm enough.Whiskyman wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 3:09 pmWe've been to Lanzarote, Fuertaventura and Tenerife, but never to Gran Canaria. In part because we have ben told that is where most of the UK chav set tend to go in the Canaries. We usually go with one of my boys and their families so we like to go someplace where there are plenty of activities for the youngsters. Sounds like La Palma might be a decent place for Mrs W and I to go if we wanted a break on our own.BillyDWhizz wrote: ↑Mon Feb 08, 2021 1:59 pm
Our days of Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Lanzarote are done but we went to the island of La Palma end of 2019 and fell in love with it. Cracking little place and the hotel we were at was fantastic. Not much in the way of accessible beaches as the whole place is basically a volcano but the hotel had like 7 huge pools and even a faux beach so that wasn't an issue.
No British pubs and pissed up chavs either, so that was a plus.
As for it being a volcano I wouldn't worry too much. The whole of the Canaries are volcanic, aren't they ? In fact there's at least one (Timanfaya) in Lanzarote where they run trips to and there's a restaurant there where they cook using the heat generated by the volcano. Kids loved that trip but Mrs W was crapping herself all the way up because she thought the coach was going over the side of the cliff every turn.